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weather channel's jim cantore live for us in mobile and joins us now. obviously, the sun is out and completely different now but explain why the monster system brought such a different batch of unexpected weather to certain places. >> reporter: well, we haven't had any big cold air masses in the east. so, you know, unless the gulf which is our fuel source is cooled off by a cold front, we can just take it as much as we want and that's what this storm did. came down, scooped up moisture, got warm and the jet stream came over and tornadoes that caused damage. this is a parish here, this is a an episcopal church. looking at the roof damage. you see a couple pieces of roof gone. that's not too bad. look how massive the church is and the top layer here, completely twisted by the tornado. all right? so that's going to have to be removed and rebuilt in through here. trees, power lines, damaged throughout mobile. we may have a four to five-mile path here but alabama power have been out all evening and morning getting some 40,000 people back online. 40,000. thin
weather channel's jim cantore live for us in mobile and joins us now. obviously, the sun is out and completely different now but explain why the monster system brought such a different batch of unexpected weather to certain places. >> reporter: well, we haven't had any big cold air masses in the east. so, you know, unless the gulf which is our fuel source is cooled off by a cold front, we can just take it as much as we want and that's what this storm did. came down, scooped up moisture,...
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call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> it might be one of the most famous pictures ever taken in the oval office. richard nixon and elvis presley, december 21, 1970 and that picture any that meeting between the president and the king marks today's flashback. it was 42 years ago that elvis brought the handwritten letter to the gates of the white house and he handed it to the security guard and asked for a meeting with the president, the ring of rock 'n' roll also wanted to add to his credentials the title of federal agent at large. you remember that. richard nixon's staff granted the meeting and elvis and the president took pictures and spoke about drug culture and according to white house aides elvis thought the beatles had been a real force for anti-american spirit and the meeting ended with elvis hugging president nixon. that's our flashback. >>> speaking of celebs in the white house, eva longoria was named a co-chair of president obama's inaugural committee and she's been very vocal for this adm
call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> it might be one of the most famous pictures ever taken in the oval office. richard nixon and elvis presley, december 21, 1970 and that picture any that meeting between the president and the king marks today's flashback. it was 42 years ago that elvis brought the handwritten letter to the gates of the white house and he handed it to the security guard and asked for a meeting with the president, the ring of rock 'n' roll also wanted to...
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pastor, thanks for joining us today. when you think about this, as you've been thinking about what to -- at christmas mass, christmas mass alone is already a very emotional time, but you add in the tragedy. how will you address your congregation? what would your message be? >> well, our message is pretty consist president. it's the whole reason why christ came to earth, to atone for sinners and as manifest by this murder last friday. >> when you have spoken with your fellow pastors across the country, what have they said about what happened in newtown. i sat in on a couple services on the west coast. it was clearly something that was talked about. >> our fellow pastors are reeling from the same travesty that occurred locally here. many others who have had to have these kind of situations and other tragedies, and the message is the same, to offer hope through christ. >> over the time, as you counseled your congregation, you spoke about this issue. how have things changed over the week. >> as far as -- as far as what, rich
pastor, thanks for joining us today. when you think about this, as you've been thinking about what to -- at christmas mass, christmas mass alone is already a very emotional time, but you add in the tragedy. how will you address your congregation? what would your message be? >> well, our message is pretty consist president. it's the whole reason why christ came to earth, to atone for sinners and as manifest by this murder last friday. >> when you have spoken with your fellow pastors...
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she joins us now from honolulu. hey, kristen. the president and the speaker are still sounding optimistic. is this wishful thinking? what exactly are you hearing in honolulu? >> well, i think that hopes for getting some type of grand bargain have all been but dashed. the most realistic thing right now is they can work out some sort of stop gap measure, a smaller deal. you heard president obama signal that on friday when he addressed the nation. he talked about the fact that members of congress right now should just focus on making sure that taxes don't go up on middle class americans and extend unemployment insurance, so i think right now both sides are just trying to prevent going over the fiscal cliff, and then they will aim to tackle some of the larger issues after the first of the year. president obama referring to this as a working vacation. i'm also told that there are conversations going on at the staff level, but we expect sort of the bulk of the work to get done when lawmakers return to washington after the christmas hol
she joins us now from honolulu. hey, kristen. the president and the speaker are still sounding optimistic. is this wishful thinking? what exactly are you hearing in honolulu? >> well, i think that hopes for getting some type of grand bargain have all been but dashed. the most realistic thing right now is they can work out some sort of stop gap measure, a smaller deal. you heard president obama signal that on friday when he addressed the nation. he talked about the fact that members of...
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us as well, we still have some big days ahead of us in shopping. are we really going to see the sort of negative or shall we say not an increase from last year, that 8% versus 16% as we're just showing. >> on that 8 versus 16 it's 8% over a much, much higher base than the 16 was. you are going to have an slowdown of online sales. we're all shopping online. the other thing about this is of course people are worried about the fiscal cliff because that's the only thing what we're talking about on air. i don't mean to say this is a media for a washington story, i just mean it's a story that has engendered a hume of -- it may be that we've so gamed out that negative reaction that come january 1 people will start to adjust to this new reality in a much more gradual fashion. >> and to the point you were making here, zach, average middle class tax increase would be about $2,000, unemployment will hit 9.1%, recession by the third quarter of 2013 and, again, that average middle income tax increase you would not feel immediately. many of the players have alre
us as well, we still have some big days ahead of us in shopping. are we really going to see the sort of negative or shall we say not an increase from last year, that 8% versus 16% as we're just showing. >> on that 8 versus 16 it's 8% over a much, much higher base than the 16 was. you are going to have an slowdown of online sales. we're all shopping online. the other thing about this is of course people are worried about the fiscal cliff because that's the only thing what we're talking...
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try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> here's a look at the stories topping the news for you right now. two firefighters have been killed, two others being treated for gunshot wounds after they were fired upon responding to a fire in upstate new york happening in the town of webster this morning. the christmas eve fire burning four different homes on that site and officials telling nbc news that the shooter is dead and unclear how he died. >>> military officials are investigating whether the commander officer of an s.e.a.l. team 4 committed suicide in afghanistan. 42-year-old navy commander job price died saturday. he was from pennsylvania. >>> the 94-year-old man nelson mandela is spending christmas at a hospital. officials have reported that his health had steadily improved and still uncertain how well because of his age. >>> more evidence of global warming. meteorologists saying temperatures in west antarctica warmed twice as fast as the gl
try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>> here's a look at the stories topping the news for you right now. two firefighters have been killed, two others being treated for gunshot wounds after they were fired upon responding to a fire in upstate new york happening in the town of webster this morning. the christmas eve fire burning four different homes on that site and officials telling nbc news that...
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thank you for being with us. at the end of this conference we will not be taking questions but next week we will be available to any of you who are interested in talking about these or other issues of interest to you so contact us, please, at that point. thank you very much. wayne. >> good morning. the national rifle association, 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, join the nation in horror, outrage, and grief and earnest prayer for the families of newtown, connecticut, who have suffered such an incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime. out of respect for the families and until the facts are known, the nra has refrained from comment. while some have tried to exploit tragedy for political gain, we have remained respectively silent. now we must speak. for the safety of our nation's children. because for all the noise and anger directed at us over the past week, no one, nobody has addressed the most important pressing and immediate question we face, how do we protect our children right
thank you for being with us. at the end of this conference we will not be taking questions but next week we will be available to any of you who are interested in talking about these or other issues of interest to you so contact us, please, at that point. thank you very much. wayne. >> good morning. the national rifle association, 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, join the nation in horror, outrage, and grief and earnest prayer for the families of newtown, connecticut, who...
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. >> they can keep pushing us and bumping us and moving us back. >> it's the holidays, you want to get home, but at the same time, what are you going to do? >> on this holiday weekend, thousands of flights delayed and we're watching that as the winter stom wallops the midwest and good day to you. i'm richard lui. the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday recess after no new breakthrough and both sides are holding out and they'll be able to reach a deal. >> call me a hopeless optimist, but i actually still think we can get it done. >> of course, hope springs eternal and i know we have it in us to come together and to do the right thing. >> nbc's kristin welker is in hawaii and the president is still in talks while he's there or are the the talks on hiatus? >> richard, my sources tell me this is very much a working vacation for president obama and at this time there's no conversation between the president and congressional leaders and that doesn't mean that they're n
. >> they can keep pushing us and bumping us and moving us back. >> it's the holidays, you want to get home, but at the same time, what are you going to do? >> on this holiday weekend, thousands of flights delayed and we're watching that as the winter stom wallops the midwest and good day to you. i'm richard lui. the stalled fiscal cliff debate and the january deadline now just ten days away. president obama and his family are vacationing in hawaii and congress is on holiday...
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that will tell us this is how it all happens. congressman tom cole appeared with luke russert on "the daily rundown." i want to play what he had to say. >> he had the complete support of everybody for plan b, and so this is a tactical debate and discussion, it's not a debate over john boehner's leadership. i think he'll be the speaker, honestly not for two years, but for four. >> can we play the other one that talks about how the deals come together at the last moment? let's queue that one up. >> that's what happened in the budget deal, the debt ceiling deal. i think that's what's going to happen again. >> why are you cautiously optimistic? >> well to paraphrase rorchld reagan, there's so much manure around here, it's got to be a pony around here. >> when they find that pony, whose office will it be in? >> it's' darkest before the dawn. maybe there is a dawn before we can get this deal. i think a lot will be looked at with mcconnell's speech on the floor. if he follows senator reid and starts the blame game, it will be pretty ble
that will tell us this is how it all happens. congressman tom cole appeared with luke russert on "the daily rundown." i want to play what he had to say. >> he had the complete support of everybody for plan b, and so this is a tactical debate and discussion, it's not a debate over john boehner's leadership. i think he'll be the speaker, honestly not for two years, but for four. >> can we play the other one that talks about how the deals come together at the last moment?...
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this one coming to us out of southern california. police have evacuated a wall mart in merino valley after shoppers reported seeing a man carrying an assault rifle or a shotgun. police are still looking for the suspect who they say asked to speak to the manager. authorities do not know if the gun was real or some type of replica or a toy. my partner with him on new gun legislation. he got a big wake-up call this weekend. the ceo of the national rifle association refusing to support any new gun laws. >> senator feinstein's bill to -- is that going to pass? >> i think that's a phony piece of legislation, and i do not believe it will pass for this reason. it's all built on lies that have been found out. everything i hear -- i mean, my gosh. people in the media, i revere their communication skills, but they have an obligation to be factual, to be truthful, and everything that these politicians are saying about that is not true. >> pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, after the news conference on friday, we have that interv
this one coming to us out of southern california. police have evacuated a wall mart in merino valley after shoppers reported seeing a man carrying an assault rifle or a shotgun. police are still looking for the suspect who they say asked to speak to the manager. authorities do not know if the gun was real or some type of replica or a toy. my partner with him on new gun legislation. he got a big wake-up call this weekend. the ceo of the national rifle association refusing to support any new gun...
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i think the white house is using that as their lerchlg. i think also, though, when you hear the politicians are saying that the president iseering to go over the cliff, some of that is posturing to maybe put some of the blame back on him. this is something that if the economy starts to suffer on this, people are going to look to blaming each other. i think that it's likely, though, that there will be plenty of blame to go around. >> all right. we are starting to hear some republicans say that they would vote for a tax hike. we've heard this for a while now, but i want to take a eleven to what republican senator johnny isaacson of georgia had to say. >> i felt like the house should have gone ahead and passed speaker boehner's bill because it addressed the subject, and we would still be in negotiations, and the president's statement is right. no one wants taxes to go up on the middle class. i don't want them to go up on anybody, but i'm not in the majority in the united states senate. >> senator isakkson saying that he wishes that plan b had
i think the white house is using that as their lerchlg. i think also, though, when you hear the politicians are saying that the president iseering to go over the cliff, some of that is posturing to maybe put some of the blame back on him. this is something that if the economy starts to suffer on this, people are going to look to blaming each other. i think that it's likely, though, that there will be plenty of blame to go around. >> all right. we are starting to hear some republicans say...